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Poole, Dorset [8]

Scone New South Wales [6]

London, Middlesex [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Torquay, Devon [4]

Shelfanger Norfolk [3]

Wandsworth, London [3]

Biggleswade, Bedfordshire [2]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [2]

Bundaberg Queensland [2]

Fulham, Middlesex [2]

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Goole [2]

Holborn, London [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Margate, Kent [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Melton, Yorkshire [2]

Newington, London [2]

Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire [2]

Swineshead, Lincolnshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Toowoomba Queensland [2]

Wareham, Dorset [2]

York, Yorkshire [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Adderbury,Oxon [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Ararat Victoria [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Barry, Glamorgan [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bedfordshire [1]

Bere Regis, Dorset [1]

Bere Regis, Dorset, England [1]

Blackwall, Middlesex [1]

Bognor, Sussex [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Canning Town, Essex [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Cheriton, Kent [1]

Chertsey, Surrey [1]

Clapton, London [1]

Claxton Loddon, Norfolk [1]

Colchester [1]

Rank

Private [493]

Gunner [78]

Corporal [51]

Driver [50]

Sapper [34]

Serjeant [33]

Second Lieutenant [24]

Captain [18]

Lance Corporal [17]

Acting Corporal [10]

Lieutenant [9]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Major [8]

Pioneer [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Bombardier [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Rifleman [3]

Trumpeter [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Captain Acting Major [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

??? [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mech. II [1]

Air Mechanic 2 C [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Canteener [1]

Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Chauffeur [1]

Commander (Retd) [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cooper [1]

Corporal Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Doctor [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [72]

Labour Corps [69]

Royal Engineers [66]

Army Service Corps [59]

London Regiment [39]

Royal Garrison Artillery [36]

Royal Fusiliers [31]

Dorsetshire Regiment [29]

Machine Gun Corps [24]

Royal Army Medical Corps [24]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [22]

East Surrey Regiment [17]

Essex Regiment [17]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [17]

Middlesex Regiment [15]

Royal Army Service Corps [15]

Devonshire Regiment [14]

Suffolk Regiment [14]

Manchester Regiment [13]

Hampshire Regiment [12]

Somerset Light Infantry [12]

Gloucestershire Regiment [11]

The Queen's Regiment [11]

East Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [10]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Bedfordshire Regiment [9]

Durham Light Infantry [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Royal Defence Corps [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Wiltshire Regiment [8]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Leicestershire Regiment [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [7]

Border Regiment [6]

Corps of Hussars [6]

Norfolk Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Coldstream Guards [5]

Royal Irish Rifles [5]

Service

British Army [817]

Royal Navy [118]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [73]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [51]

Australian Imperial Force [41]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

C [1123]

Contribution

Military Service [1107]

Merchant Navy [14]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

Australia [2]

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Poole, Dorset [8] Scone New South Wales [6] London, Middlesex [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Torquay, Devon [4] Shelfanger Norfolk [3] Wandsworth, London [3] Biggleswade, Bedfordshire [2] Bournemouth, Hampshire [2] Bundaberg Queensland [2] Fulham, Middlesex [2] Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Goole [2] Holborn, London [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Margate, Kent [2] Marylebone, London [2] Melton, Yorkshire [2] Newington, London [2] Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire [2] Swineshead, Lincolnshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Toowoomba Queensland [2] Wareham, Dorset [2] York, Yorkshire [2] Aberdeen [1] Adderbury,Oxon [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Ararat Victoria [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Barry, Glamorgan [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bedfordshire [1] Bere Regis, Dorset [1] Bere Regis, Dorset, England [1] Blackwall, Middlesex [1] Bognor, Sussex [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Canning Town, Essex [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Cheriton, Kent [1] Chertsey, Surrey [1] Clapton, London [1] Claxton Loddon, Norfolk [1] Colchester [1]

Rank

Private [493] Gunner [78] Corporal [51] Driver [50] Sapper [34] Serjeant [33] Second Lieutenant [24] Captain [18] Lance Corporal [17] Acting Corporal [10] Lieutenant [9] Acting Serjeant [8] Major [8] Pioneer [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Bombardier [5] Able Seaman [4] Acting Bombardier [4] Rifleman [3] Trumpeter [3] Worker [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Captain Acting Major [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Leading Seaman [2] Sergeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] ??? [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mech. II [1] Air Mechanic 2 C [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Canteener [1] Chaplain to the Forces [1] Chauffeur [1] Commander (Retd) [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cooper [1] Corporal Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Doctor [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [72] Labour Corps [69] Royal Engineers [66] Army Service Corps [59] London Regiment [39] Royal Garrison Artillery [36] Royal Fusiliers [31] Dorsetshire Regiment [29] Machine Gun Corps [24] Royal Army Medical Corps [24] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [22] East Surrey Regiment [17] Essex Regiment [17] King's Royal Rifle Corps [17] Middlesex Regiment [15] Royal Army Service Corps [15] Devonshire Regiment [14] Suffolk Regiment [14] Manchester Regiment [13] Hampshire Regiment [12] Somerset Light Infantry [12] Gloucestershire Regiment [11] The Queen's Regiment [11] East Yorkshire Regiment [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [10] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10] Yorkshire Regiment [10] Army Ordnance Corps [9] Bedfordshire Regiment [9] Durham Light Infantry [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Royal Defence Corps [8] Royal Naval Division [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] Wiltshire Regiment [8] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Leicestershire Regiment [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] Royal Berkshire Regiment [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [7] Border Regiment [6] Corps of Hussars [6] Norfolk Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [6] West Riding Regiment [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Coldstream Guards [5] Royal Irish Rifles [5]

Service

British Army [817] Royal Navy [118] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [73] Canadian Expeditionary Force [51] Australian Imperial Force [41] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

C [1123]

Contribution

Military Service [1107] Merchant Navy [14] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [25] Australia [2]

Jesse Lionel Cobb

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76216

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Alfred James Beaumont Cobb

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 210614

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Charles Cobb

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216554

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George John Cobb

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233758

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Percy Norman Cobb

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 65585 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 65585 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick H Cobb

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 73575 Corporal Welsh Regiment

British Army 91642 Corporal Durham Light Infantry

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William Cobb

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 16942 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 6th Battalion

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Kenneth Rhodes Cobb

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps 15th Battalion

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Henry George Cobb

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87830

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Ernest Albert Cobb

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55881

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James William Cobb

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281037

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Percy William Cobb

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 1657 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 523013 Sapper Royal Engineers 483rd Field Coy.

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Albert Cobb

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47352

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Victor Percival Cobb

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 33294 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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George William Cobb

Died 1917

British Army 242163 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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William Cobb

Died 1916

British Army 955 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Charles A Cobb

Died 1917

British Army 42250 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 42250 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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George Edward Cobb

Died 1916

British Army G/4871 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion

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Harry Cobb

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 4193 East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 4279 Private Border Regiment

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George Cobb

Died 1917

British Army T/35856 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army 47422 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 47422 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles

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